CVE-2008-0840 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in view_member.php in Public Warehouse LightBlog 9.6 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the username parameter.

Published: 2008-02-20

Score: 4.4 Medium

EPSS: 2.4% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:publicwarehouse:lightblog:9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-0847	Directory traversal vulnerability in view_member.php in Public Warehouse LightBlog 9.6 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the username parameter.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02369.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/29017
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488283/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27837
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0621
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5140

History

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Subscriptions

Publicwarehouse Lightblog

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-02-20T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:01:39.659Z

Reserved: 2008-02-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-0840

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-02-20T21:44:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:50:27.360

Link: CVE-2008-0840

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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